SlateTundra Posted March 1, 2010 Posted March 1, 2010 Was digging through my junk and found my PB largemouth picture. How much do you think she weighs? Quote
Super User J Francho Posted March 1, 2010 Super User Posted March 1, 2010 4ish. Next time, lay her on 80 grit sandpaper. Quote
Super User Tin Posted March 1, 2010 Super User Posted March 1, 2010 4ish. Next time, lay her on 80 grit sandpaper. I was thinking about a bed of nails but sandpaper will do. Exactly 3.98 Quote
Pitchinkid Posted March 1, 2010 Posted March 1, 2010 Around 4. Id call it a 5 if i caught it though. Quote
Super User WRB Posted March 1, 2010 Super User Posted March 1, 2010 If the seat is a standard 12" wide, then your bass is about 22" long and should weigh near 6 to 61/2 lbs, very nice northern LMB. WRB Quote
dman Posted March 1, 2010 Posted March 1, 2010 looks like a similar pic and size to the fish in my avatar at 3.4 Quote
brushhoggin Posted March 1, 2010 Posted March 1, 2010 4ish. Next time, lay her on 80 grit sandpaper. : Quote
Beastie Bass Posted March 2, 2010 Posted March 2, 2010 4ish. Next time, lay her on 80 grit sandpaper. ;D 4 1/2 Quote
HoggBoss Posted March 2, 2010 Posted March 2, 2010 I landed a NE Ohio 21" female the first week of april (full of eggs) and she went 7. But, if times are tight for them, they can really slim down and lose a lot of weight. Just like the mangy old cat that runs away for 3 weeks and comes back at half his original body weight. ;D Quote
Super User David P Posted March 2, 2010 Super User Posted March 2, 2010 I have a photo of a fish very similar. 5 1/2 - 6lbs would be a good guess. Probably safer to just call it a 5 though. Quote
Super User RoLo Posted March 2, 2010 Super User Posted March 2, 2010 Has good girth, so I'd guess 4ish Quote
tyrius. Posted March 2, 2010 Posted March 2, 2010 Without any type of measurements guessing based upon a picture is futile. Even guessing with measurements leads to big inaccuracies. Next time get length and girth measurements. You can get pretty close to the length on this one by measuring the length of your rod from the tail of the fish to the mouth. Quote
Super User WRB Posted March 2, 2010 Super User Posted March 2, 2010 Without any other information, all anyone can do is estimate the weight based on whatever is available to make an educated guess. I used the boat seat on the aluminum boat the fish is laying on and guessed at that being 12" wide. The boat seat could be 10", however most aluminum boats used a standard 12" wide bench seat. Whatever; the bass is clearly about twice as long as the seat is wide, about 2" less, and the rod/reel confirms that. At the end of the day an accurate scale eliminates the guess work. it's still fun to try to estimate weights. WRB Quote
Shakes Posted March 2, 2010 Posted March 2, 2010 Around 4. Id call it a 5 if i caught it though. Haha. Well said! I agree. Quote
christopherjake Posted March 3, 2010 Posted March 3, 2010 I'd be happy catching one of those. Nice fish. 5-6 lber. Quote
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